braailegend Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I actually started narrowing my bars again, I only see the use for wide bars when riding street and need some extra leverage for bunnyhopping. 680-700mm my sweet spot Get stuck in the bushes to much on some of the sketchy overgrown trails, haha
nolipoli Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I just picked up some 720mm bars for my 5'2" wife. She is gonna put them on her Trance X1W.
DR ◣◢ Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I actually started narrowing my bars again, I only see the use for wide bars when riding street and need some extra leverage for bunnyhopping. 680-700mm my sweet spot Get stuck in the bushes to much on some of the sketchy overgrown trails, haha Bar width is always going to be personal preference, application specific and based on body type. 780mm - DH760mm - AM740mm - Trail/XC My personal preference.
Nofearnofun Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Bar width is always going to be personal preference, application specific and based on body type. 780mm - DH760mm - AM740mm - Trail/XC My personal preference. Agreed, my preference is 780mm for all my riding. That being said my XC riding is do e on the back of a shuttle
niterider Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Niterider Kiwi - that bike looks familiar but the fork? The Fox 32 130mm noodle got ditched and I now have a Pike 140mm. Night and day.
Bizkit031 Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Bar width is always going to be personal preference, application specific and based on body type. 780mm - DH760mm - AM740mm - Trail/XC My personal preference.My mate had 760mm on his bike,did a enduro by Pmb and planted the ground badly with them through the narrow trees,he cut his down to 710mm now,took mine from 740mm to 720mm.Wider does give you some crazy leverage.
Skott5 Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 My biggest fear with 780 bars was wedging between trees, but honestly I haven't come close ... Yet !
Hairy Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Had a few close calls with my 750mm bars in tight sections ....gets the heart beating faster, but now have fitted a 780mm bar to the motto and am looking forward to seeing how she handles now
Headshot Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I have had 2 nice fast bar grab crashes with 730 mm bars - ruined two races like that and the first one did my ribs a bit. I'd still like to try some 780s sometime tho...
Nofearnofun Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 The only time I have had an issue with my 780mm bars was on a pedestrian bridge where the hand rails were about the same height and width as the bars. I quickly learnt how to lean the bike over while continuing to ride straight after sandwiching my fingers between the hand rail and my grips...
TAAHIRWP Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I've been on some really narrow trails, only hit one tree bcz v the bars. But that's also because I wasn't paying attention. So I'd blame it on myself. Never had any issues with my 777 bars, XC or AM riding.RAther it enhanced performance, for me atleast.
RockCoach Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 I've never had a single incident due to wide bars... the widths I use are anywhere between 750 and 770mm depending on the bike.
Hairy Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 With the 750mm bars I have just nicked trees or poles, but then this also happened with the old 720mm bars. .....recon one adjusts your feel on the bike to work with what you have got. The only reason why I went 780mm was because I wanted Black bars on the motto and these popped up on the classifieds
ThePubSA Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 The only time I have had an issue with my 780mm bars was on a pedestrian bridge where the hand rails were about the same height and width as the bars. I quickly learnt how to lean the bike over while continuing to ride straight after sandwiching my fingers between the hand rail and my grips...Lol @ the bird sanctuary there is a bridge with banisters just like that exactly as high and wide as my bars.It has a slope running into the bridge..so its a very good for trying to clear and ive also crunched my fingers if you just slightly off.. 780mm is my happy place
Nofearnofun Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Lol @ the bird sanctuary there is a bridge with banisters just like that exactly as high and wide as my bars.It has a slope running into the bridge..so its a very good for trying to clear and ive also crunched my fingers if you just slightly off.. 780mm is my happy place I think we need Mr. Minns 808mm So Our Hands Sit On The Outside Of The Hand Rails
Nofearnofun Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Spector28's Sukuma and my Jekyll waiting patiently to go down Bat outta hell today.
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